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If you’re in this tag, just know, you’re not alone. You’re still here and you can get through this.

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The reason listening to somebody’s story is so difficult is because it reminds us life is about more than just ours.

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Every 7 years, the cells in your entire body will be destroyed and replaced with new cells. One day I will have a body you will have never touched.

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When I was exceptionally sad I would spend hours scrolling through the depression tag, reblogging things that helped me hurt myself but now that I’ve got through that I spend hours scrolling through the tag and sending messages to people who are hurting. Please remember there is always someone who cares, please don’t treat yourself badly or with disregard or feel like nobody out there in the world cares or wants to listen because I for one do. It’s sad how many people don’t have their ask on so I can’t contact them but if you’re reading this, stay strong. I got through it and you can too, it just takes time. Please try and hang in there. ❤️

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We live in a world where it does not mean no

Where NO

Two letters

One word

So easy to understand

Is a point of persuasion

But it is not an invitation

No is not a maybe

Or a guarantee anymore

No

When others say no we take it as a thing to be swayed

How many of us

Have taken the word no and misused it to be pushed

To be begged

And asked

We have transformed the word no

It means yes now

Possibly

Maybe

No

There is a word between yes and no

Engineered to fit this purpose

And yet so many of us use the word no as a form of leverage

But complain when this same word is used against us

When the word no is not obeyed

When it is turned into an issue

An invitation for a hand to slide up a teenage girls leg

For a hand to wander to the crotch of a man

In this context

When people giggle no through mouthfuls of cherry flavoured alcohol

Is it still a no?

The point is argued

The word is useless

Because if no does not mean no if it is laughed

Then what does it mean at all?

We have lost the meaning of a word that’s so important

A word that can decide between right or wrong

Because if no does not mean no any longer

Then what is the purpose of yes?

Is that hard to digest?

We have lost one to the other and now neither mean the same

And maybe

Is the only truth between the two that still stands

A possibility of maybe we are scared to lose

Because it is the only word left that means we still choose

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Im in a abusive relationship that i tried getting out of many times but it never worked. im scared i will settle with them because theres no way out. they have too much power over me and i never feel like i can stand up to them. i dont know what to do. i feel hopeless.

Darling, it may seem impossible now but there is a way out. There is a way out and you have to find it, ask someone for help. Being weak is NOT something to be ashamed of and you should never be afraid of someone that you really love, you should never fear someone who is meant to care for you. Take the first chance to seek help. A friend, a family, a helpline in your country, if someone has laid a hand on you then you can report them to the police. It may seem hard to fathom now or even like you’re betraying the person you love, but you are not. Your health and happiness always comes first and even if you can’t tell yourself that, I am telling you that now. I can’t tell you what to do but I wish someone had told me to leave my relationship a long time before it was over, love is about respect and if someone is willing to hurt you then they don’t respect you. I know it hurts, it hurt me too to come to terms with it but it’s the truth. 

I could never stand up to my ex, I was always apologising and begging and putting myself in a position of greater weakness. I let him do things to me that I deeply regret and will never get over, I felt like it was my fault, but it wasn’t and it’s not yours. People who hurt us are hurting us because they are the weak ones and you do not deserve to be in a relationship that isn’t good for you, you deserve more. That is a fact.

Is there anyone you can call for help? A family member that you can trust? It doesn’t sound like it’s safe for you to stand up to your partner if it’s physical abuse but if you have proof then you can get as far away as possible. Please don’t be scared to ask for help, if you are brave enough to write this message to me now then you are brave enough to speak out. Do not settle for less than you deserve– never allow someone to become all you know and all you can see!! You are not hopeless. 

I have been in your shoes in some way and stood where you stood and trust me, one day you find a way out, one day you get the strength to walk out that door and you will hurt for a long time over it but things will be so much happier and brighter. I believe that you can do it. I believe that you can find a way and if you need more help then message me again and maybe we can figure something out, maybe we can find a helpline for you or figure out how to tell a friend or family.

You are stronger than you know. You can do this, do not let yourself be disrespected because you are afraid. You deserve to be happy.

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You’re never alone. There’s always someone who cares. Please don’t hurt yourself.

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I never knew I never knew that everything was falling through That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue To turn and run when all I needed was the truth But that's how it's got to be It's coming down to nothing more than apathy I'd rather run the other way than stay and see The smoke, and who's still standing when it clears

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I did not ask for the life that I was [given],                      but it was given n o n e t h e l e s s.                                       

                                                                                  And with it,                                                                                           I did my best.